I'm working on Brook Chenoweth Creel's Widdershins sock (plain because my cables get a bit tight still) and I was wondering if anyone wanted to knit along with me? It's a free Knitty pattern here and available on Ravelry here.

domtheknight helped me pick out our May/June pick: Wyvern. We're both excited to try toe-up socks, as this will be a first for us. Any words of wisdom, comm, or do we have nothing to fear?

I also have to confess that between finishing my Ph.D., wedding planning, and having a really resilient sinus infection I still haven't finished either of our previous picks. I'm working on it, though. What else could eleven plane flights over the course of my honeymoon be for?

Anyway, yarn thoughts? I was thinking of going with something green but I don't have anything like that in my stash so I have an excuse to visit Weaving Works for their big sale next weekend.

Hi! I have noticed that many of the socks are sized for 8-10 women's (US) and I glance down to the end of my legs and see...6 to 6.5s so this will just not do! I realize that when I get the hang of things, I will miraculously be able to pare down a pattern to fit my feet but right now? That is just not on my table.

What is on my table is some gorgeous hand painted yarn that really really wants to be between my sole and shoes and not in my yarn basket! Can anyone direct me to patterns that will work for my little feet?

Also, when it says the sock will be 8" around, that is some "unstretched" length, correct? Because my foot measures 8" around the ball below the toes where Sensational Knitted Socks tells me to measure, but the socks then say they fit feet 2 sizes bigger than mine!

I am knitting my socks two-at-a-time on circs, and this weekend (while marathoning the Olympics) I turned the heels! I have not done all that much of the decreasing on the foot yet, but it feels good to be this far.

How far are you? Have you run into any parts of the pattern you can't figure out?

How are everyone else's project's coming? I'm doing both socks at once on two circular needles and it's coming pretty well for my first time doing a person-sized sock and my first attempt to do two at a time. As of tonight, I've finished two repeats of the lace pattern and am starting my third. You can find the project on my Ravelry account here.

I'm Marion, Keeper of the Knitronomicon (aka my knitting/craft/etc stash/supplies), a lot of which lives in the Knitronomicorner (where else?) in my bedroom, but which is also to be found spread throughout most of my flat.

I don't know how much I'll be able to join in, as I'm a slow-ish knitter and I keep getting commissions to make other things for friends! Though I am currently on the homeward stretch of the second of a pair of Express Lane socks, which I cast on almost a year ago now. Yes, I've made quite a few other things in the interim...

I'm curious what yarn you all are planning to use for Blackrose! I've sort of settled on a merino/nylon blend I bought on Etsy, which is called 'Black Coffee' and is a muted blend of browns and grays. It's a bit bigger than the average skein of sock yarn and I'm hoping it's enough to do the wristlets as well as the socks. I haven't wound it into a ball yet.

If you've already started knitting, I would like to see pictures! (Even if you haven't, I love looking at yarn and would like to see pictures of your yarn balls.)

People don't seem to be taking my encouragement to make an introduction post seriously, so I thought I'd make one and people can introduce themselves in the comments.

I'm chemicallace. I am a graduate student who has been knitting on-and-off for about five years. My knitting interests include lace, historical knitting, and science-themed knitting. Saga, my cat, likes to eat wooden knitting needles and assist with my work. My last finished project was a hat with chromosomes on it and my current one is a Christmas stocking.

We're a group of Dreamwidth knitters picking one sock pattern to knit together each month. There's no fee, patterns will either be free or low cost*, and using up your existing stash is encouraged. Please feel free to join any time and please introduce yourself.

Happy knitting and best wishes for tangle free skeins to you all!

*If you can't afford one of the pay patterns we choose, pattern gifting fairies will assist.